People of Movie Night,
I am of the persuasion that we should come up with something to call ourselves - our little club - other than simply "movie night," especially given the desire of the members to expand the scope of said "movie night." At least something to change the heading of this page to so it looks more official on the off chance that someone other than us happens by and, for some insane reason, takes an interest in it.
My suggestion would be 'Cinematheque Houston' as somewhat of an homage to Cinematheque Francais, which was headed by my hero Henri Langlois for many years until 1968. It was the only place for people like Truffaut, Godard, and Chabrol to see old films from different parts of the world and is credited with basically laying the foundation for the French New Wave. There a few cinematheques around the world and their basic stated goal is generally something like "the public presentation and preservation of the moving picture in all its forms." That sounds fairly like what we're after. Also, I rather like the official, European sound of the word 'cinematheque.' It sounds legit and somewhat ambitious.
Anyway, that's just my suggestion. Hopefully you guys will post your suggestions as they come to you and we can vote on it.
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I think your idea is great, Joe.
Like you said, it sounds ambitious. I don't know if my humble knowledge and passion is well enough to live up to that billing.
But I really like your idea.
and an idea -- if the expansion is in process. A Myspace profile will probably help advertising our cause.
Cinematheque Houston sounds great to me. I like that it is based on something historic and that the ideas behind both are similar. You've got my vote.
well, i guess it's official then...
i think the myspace profile is a good idea, but maybe we should wait til we have somewhere to host it so if alot of people want to go we don't have to be like, "well, we have room for three people"
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